Architectural & Interior Design in Notting Hill, W11
Architectural and interior design for homes in Notting Hill: measured survey, concept options, planning and building regulation drawings, and a complete interior specification.
Covered under one contract
- Measured survey and existing drawings
- Concept options and developed design
- Planning and building regulation drawings
- Interior design, finishes and lighting
- 3D visuals
- Specification for pricing
Architectural & Interior Design in Notting Hill.
Good building starts with good drawings. Our in-house architects and interior designers take a project in Notting Hill from a first conversation to a set of drawings the council will validate and a builder can price, and because we are also the builder, the drawings are produced with construction in mind from the first sketch.
The design stage begins with a measured survey of the existing house and a conversation about how you live. From that we draw two or three options, develop the one you choose, and produce the planning application, building regulation drawings and interior specification: finishes, lighting, joinery, kitchen and bathrooms, all as one coordinated scheme.
We design to the policies of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from the outset, so schemes are not redrawn after a refusal, and we obtain pre-application advice where that would help. Many clients start with the design stage alone and decide later whether to build with us; the drawings are theirs either way.
- Area
- Notting Hill, W11
- Council
- Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Housing
- Stucco villas and crescents on the Ladbroke estate, painted terraces around Portobello, communal garden squares and converted flats
- Transport
- Notting Hill Gate, Ladbroke Grove, Holland Park
- Scope
- Survey to construction drawings
- Design stage
- 4 to 8 weeks
- Deliverables
- Drawings, specification, visuals
- Team
- Architects, interior designers, structural engineer
- Follows on to
- Fixed, itemised build quotation
Notting Hill: the houses and the planning rules.
Notting Hill is the Ladbroke estate: crescents of paired stucco villas laid out in the 1840s around private communal gardens, with painted terraces sloping down towards Portobello Road and the red-brick mansion blocks of Pembridge Square. It is one of the largest and most recognisable Victorian suburbs in London, and it is protected accordingly.
Most of the houses have been through several lives, from single family homes to bedsits and back again, so refurbishments here often involve reinstating original layouts, repairing stucco and cornices, and adding basements and rear extensions that the communal-garden rules and RBKC policy allow.
The Pembridge, Ladbroke, Norland and Kensington Park conservation areas cover almost all of Notting Hill.
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
RBKC decides applications. The Ladbroke and Pembridge conservation areas have Article 4 directions, so most external changes, including rear extensions and roof works, need a full application.
Communal gardens
Houses backing onto the communal gardens are covered by garden committee rules as well as planning, which affect rear extensions, terraces and boundary treatments.
Basements
New basements follow the borough's single-storey policy with a construction traffic management plan and structural method statement.
Approvals for architectural and interior design in Notting Hill.
Drawings are prepared to the council's validation requirements from the outset, so design and application are one exercise. Where pre-application advice would help, we obtain it before the application is submitted.
RBKC decides applications. The Ladbroke and Pembridge conservation areas have Article 4 directions, so most external changes, including rear extensions and roof works, need a full application.
What architectural and interior design in Notting Hill includes.
- Measured survey and existing drawings
- Concept options and developed design
- Planning and building regulation drawings
- Interior design, finishes and lighting
- 3D visuals
- Specification for pricing
From site visit to handover.
- 01
Site visit and brief
We visit, listen and measure, and agree the brief and a fixed design fee.
- 02
Concept options
Layouts and sketches for discussion, usually within two weeks.
- 03
Developed design
The chosen scheme drawn in full, with finishes and visuals.
- 04
Approvals
Planning, listed building and building regulation submissions.
- 05
Build quotation
An itemised price for construction from the finished drawings.
Architectural & Interior Design in Notting Hill: your questions.
Do you offer design only in Notting Hill?
Yes. Many clients start with the design stage, obtain approvals, and then decide whether to build with us. The design fee is fixed at the outset and the drawings are yours.
Will you design to the local planning rules?
We design to the policies of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea from the first sketch, so the scheme is not redrawn after a refusal. Where pre-application advice would help, we obtain it.
Which parts of Notting Hill do you cover?
All of Notting Hill and W11, including Lansdowne Road, Ladbroke Grove, Elgin Crescent, Pembridge Square, Westbourne Grove, Clarendon Road, and the neighbouring districts. We are based in London and our teams work across central, north, north-west, west and south-west London.
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We will visit, listen and explain what is possible for your property and how it would be approved. No pressure, no sales pitch.